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Yang Xu

Yang Xu

Chinese footballer (born 1988)

For the Chinese speed skater, see Yang Xu (speed skater).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Xu (simplified Chinese: 杨旭; traditional Chinese: 楊旭; pinyin: Yáng Xù; born 12 February 1988) is a former Chinese professional footballer who last played for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

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Club career

Liaoning Whowin

Yang Xu started his football career when he made his debut for Liaoning Whowin on 16 April 2005 in a 1–0 loss against Shanghai Shenhua.[1] He scored his first goal for the club on 5 May 2005 in a 3–1 win against Shenzhen Jianlibao.[2] By the end of the 2005 season, Yang scored three league goals in 11 appearances and saw his club finish in a tenth-place position. The following season would see Yang continue to establish himself with the squad by making a further 20 league appearances and scoring three goals; however, most of his appearances came from the bench.[3] By the 2008 season, he was still a squad player trying to establish himself as the main striker within the team; however, he was unable to help Liaoning avoid relegation at the end of the season. Staying with the club, Yang was promoted to first-choice striker at the start of the 2009 league season and he would repay them with 15 league goals in 22 appearances, making him the second best goalscorer in the league.[4] His goals would aid Liaoning to win the division title and immediate promotion back to the top flight.

Shandong Luneng

On 27 February 2013, Yang transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng. In July 2014, he was loaned to Changchun Yatai for the rest of the 2014 season.

Tianjin Quanjian

On 26 February 2017, Yang transferred to fellow top-tier side Tianjin Quanjian and was immediately loaned to his former club Liaoning Whowin for one season.[5] He made his first appearance since returning to the club on 3 March 2017 in a 1–1 draw against Guizhou Zhicheng.[6] He returned to Quanjian ahead of the 2018 season, scoring 18 goals in 62 appearances across 2 seasons.

Shanghai Shenhua

On 15 July 2020, Yang joined Shanghai Shenhua on a free transfer following the disbandment of Tianjin Tianhai.[7] On 18 September 2020, he scored his first goal for the club, a penalty in a 1-1 draw against Guangzhou R&F in the first round of 2020 Chinese FA Cup, and Shenhua subsequently lost 5-3 in the penalty shootout. As a prolific centre forward throughout his career, Yang suffered from goal drought in his first 2 seasons at Shenhua. On 8 June 2022, Yang finally scored his first league goal for the club in a 2-0 win over derby rivals Shanghai Port.[8]

On 11 April 2023, Yang announced his retirement from professional football via livestream.

International career

Yang was called up to the Chinese national team and made his international debut on 30 September 2009 in a 4–1 win against Botswana.[9] Despite playing for a second-tier side he would be tried out in several friendlies before he was given his chance to play in a qualifying match for the AFC Asian Cup in a 2–1 win against Vietnam on 17 January 2010 where he also scored his debut goal.[10] On 30 March 2011, he scored twice in a 3–0 win against Honduras and on 23 July 2011, he scored a hat-trick in a 7–2 win against Laos.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 20 October 2023[11]
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  1. Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

International statistics

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International goals

As of 10 October 2019[12]
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Honours

Club

Liaoning Whowin

Shandong Luneng

International

China national under-17 football team

China PR national football team

References

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    "杨旭心态正处子秀挺成功 辽足喜获未来锋线杀手". sports.sina.com.cn. 2005-04-17. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "辽小虎陈兴独中两元 健力宝1–3辽宁遇五连败 评". sports.sohu.com. 2005-05-15. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "球员资料-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "中甲射手榜：南昌外援18球称王 辽足新国脚穿银靴". sports.sina.com. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "鲁能官方宣布杨旭转会权健 2017赛季先租借辽足". Sina. 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
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    "中超-石笑天染红耶拉维奇点杀 贵州主场1–1辽足" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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    "上海申花连宣三人！马丁斯回归、天海两旧将加盟". Chinanews. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
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    "中超-巴索戈杨旭进球 申花2-0两连胜送海港两连败" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
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    "China PR 4–1 Botswana". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
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    "China PR 2–1 Vietnam". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  11. [11]
    杨旭 at sodasoccer.com Archived 2020-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  12. [12]
    Matches of Yang Xu
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    "中甲最终积分榜：辽宁冠军南昌冲超成功 四川降级". sports.sina.com.cn. 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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